Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-198) and index.
Contents
Ancien regime -- Out of alchemy -- Le principe oxygine -- The chemical revolution -- The end of the year one.
Summary
Antoine Lavoisier employed the most ingenious and expensive technology of his time in a series of innovative experiments that forever buried medieval alchemy and established a chemical language still in use today. Yet his personal triumph was short-lived, and the glory his achievement brought France could not protect him from the ravages of The Terror.--From publisher description.